Hair-pin and the like.



K. T. SANDRBGZKI. HAIR PIN AND THE LIKE. APPLICATION-FILED SEPT. 6, 1912.

Patefited Aug. 11, 191

irn sans KARL THEODOR SANDRECZKI, F HAMBURG, GERMANY.

HAIR-PIN AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 5, 1912. Serial No. 718,711.

To all whom it may concern. I Be it known that I, KARL Tnnonon SAN- DRECZKI, a subject of the German Emperor, residing at Stiftstrasse l2, Hamburg, State of Hamburg, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hair- Pins and the like,

of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improvement of that kind of hair pins and the like made of wire and having wavy prongs. v

The object of the invention is to proi'irle a hair pin that will hold the hair more seicurely than is now done by the ordinary hair pin, the tines thereof being secured, as hereinafter particularly described, in relationship so that they will lie substantiallyin the same plane for the major portion of their length, and in such a manner to re sist permanent lateral displacement as hereinafter more particularly set forth. The head of such pin is also capable of ornamentation and consequently the pin is read ily adaptable for use as an ornament for the hair, as a brooch, breast-pin or the like.

The pin consists of three or more wavy prongs pla'ced near one another-and preferably at equal distances. The distance between any two prongs is less than that between the two prongs of an ordinary wavy hair-pin. The loops of the prongs are fastened together by a cap fitted over them by will be held a suitable pressing device.

The drawing shows .by way of example one form of hair-pin having four prongs.

Figure l is a front view and Fig. 2 a side elevation, showing the bent cap.

The pin a has four prongs which are held together by the lower portion Z) ofa cap a pressed over them. In Fig. 1 are -1 llu strated two hairpins, one positioned within the other, the various tines being spaced apart", so as to prevent any possibility of the bruising of the-hair through the use of this article.

Upon referring to the dra'\\'ings,'it will be noticed that the lower portion 0 of the cape embraces for some distancethe upper straight portion of the tines or prongs, thus holding the said tines or prongs in relationa manner that the said prongs spaced apart as already set In -various makes of hair pins the ship in such forth.

plurality of prongs or tines-arc merely serurod together at their upper ends by fastouiugillcans, but this Listening means does notembrace sufficient of the tines or prongs so as to hold the same reasonably stiifiy in lateral relationship. Not only does the cap 0 in my invention perform the function of clamping the heads of the tines or prongs in fixed relationship, but it also performs the additional function of laterally bracin the said tines or prongs so as to hold them in relationship throughout their length so that the pin may perform its function to the best advantage. So bracing or supporting the said tines or from being displaced laterally sufficiently to cause them to unduly squeeze the hair and so interfere with the ready insertion and removal of the pin.

The upper portiond of the cap 0, together with the ends of the loops of the tines or prongs clamped therebetween, is bent into an angular position in respect of the lower portion E), as illustrated in Fig. 2. This construction,besides additionally stiffening the lower portion 6 of the said 0 shapes the said cap so that when the hair pin is shoved into the hair up to the cap 6, the said cap will not project an undue distance away from the hair as it otherwise would were it not shaped as described. The said bent portion will preferably extend to- .ward the hair, and therefore the use of this cap a, shaped as described, will not interfere with the neat appearance of the hair.

- I am aware that hair pins with more than two prongs are not new. I therefore do not claim such arrangement broadly.

1 claim: p

1. As anew article of manufacture, a fastening pin comprising a plurality of waved tines, spaced apart and placed so that the distance between any two tines is less than that between the tines of an ordinaryhair pin, and a cap pressed in place inclosing the upper ends of said tines and extending below said upper ends to embrace sufficient of the length of said tines'so as tohold them in relationship to prevent permanei'lt lateral displacement thereof, the upper portion Patented Aug. ill, 119142..

prongs prevents them of said cap together with the upper ends of to portions of the other loop, the'tines of one hair pin being spaced'apart and positioned adjacent to the tines of the other hair pin and spaced apart therefrom throughout I their length, and a cap pressed in place inclosing the said loops and extending therebelow to embrace sufficient of the length of said tines so as to hold them in relationship to prevent permanent lateral displacement thereof, as set forth. 7

i 3. As a new article of manufacture, a fastening pin comprising vtwo wavy hair pins, each having a looped upper end, the tines of the inner hair pin being positioned between the tines of the outer hair pin and spaced aparttherefrom, and a cap inclosing the said loops and pressed in place and embracing suflicient of thelength of the said tines so as to hold them in relationship, as set forth, the upper portion of said cap, together with the said loops, being bent to occupy an angular position inresp ect of-the rest of the pin. y

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

I KARL THEODOR SANDRECZKL lV-itnesses: ERNEST H. L. Mummers-non,

IDA-CHRIST. HAFERAIANN. 

